Egusi Soup. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.

Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. You can cook Egusi Soup using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

You need 1 cup of egusi.
It's 1/4 cup of palm oil.
You need 1 of kilo beef.
It's 2 of table spoon crayfish ground.
Prepare 1 of hand washed bitterleaf.
You need 1 of onion bulb blended.
You need 6 of fresh pepper blended.
You need 3 cube of maggi.
Prepare to taste of salt.

Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds. It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors! See the video below on how to make Egusi Soup. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables.

Egusi Soup instructions

Wash beef put in a clean pot, add Maggie, salt, with water and boil for 15 minutes.
Then add pepper, onion and crayfish and allow to boil for 5 minutes.
Add oil allow to boil for 3 minutes, then pour egusi in a plate add little water stir and pour in the pot of soup.
After 3 minutes add bitterleaf stir very well, allow for 3 more minutes. soup is ready.
You can use it to eat either pounded yam, garri, semo, amala etc.

Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Egusi Soup is a rich and savory West African soup made with ground melon seeds (egusi seeds) and eaten with fufu dishes. Egusi Soup - Nigerian Melon Seed Stew. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. Egusi, or melon seeds, is a staple ingredient in many West African dishes and makes a great thickening base for soups and stews.